A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture/Concordance between Holy Scripture and the Catechism
APPENDIX.
CONCORDANCE
OR
SCRIPTURE AIDS TO THE CATECHISM.
INTRODUCTION.
THE END OF MAN.
The end of man is to know, love and serve God here on earth in order to obtain everlasting life and happiness with God in heaven hereafter. This end is supernatural. Hence man must know, love and serve God not only according to natural reason, but also according to supernatural Revelation. He must have faith , hope and charity , and must be in a state of sanctifying grace. By wilfully refusing to know, love and serve God, i. e. by grievous sin, man loses his last end. All this is well illustrated in the chapters on the Creation of Man 13 — 28. See also David’s words to Solomon 248, and St. Paul’s to the Athenians 794. To serve God is the highest honour 329. Examples: The three youths in the furnace; Daniel; the Machabees; all the Martyrs.
Life a pilgrimage 117; a journey to the Promised Land 190; towards home 328.
The things of this world cannot give happiness 261. “What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world” 588. “One thing is needful” 560. Sin is the cause of misery. Examples: Adam and Eve; the people at the time of the Flood; the Israelites in the desert; the prodigal Son; Judas.
Man must work for his salvation 621 624. Parable of the labourers in the vineyard 594; of the talents 624.
FIRST PART.
§ 1. THE NATURE OF FAITH.
Faith is a free act of our mind and will by which we believe all that God has ever revealed through His special messengers, the Patriarchs, Prophets, Christ and the Apostles, and proposes to our belief by His infallible Church. God’s messengers have delivered the word of God to men chiefly by word of mouth (Tradition); but some of them also by writing (Holy Scripture). Hence the Church, in teaching us what is revealed, draws her doctrine from two sources: Tradition and Holy Scripture 38 312 446 723. Holy Scripture is inspired 804; requires interpretation 762. Faith is a gift of God and an act of virtue 460 507 530. The object of faith is the unalterable Word of God who is Truth and Truthfulness itself 54 60 (Abraham); 187 (Balaam). The causes of unbelief 507 600. Doubts about faith 183. Indifference 776. Sins against faith 785.
§ 2 THE NECESSITY OF FAITH.
Faith is the very beginning and root of our supernatural life and our justification 54 184 448 487.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebr. n, 6). No salvation without faith in Jesus Christ 448 (Mark 16, 16).
Faith to be bought at any price 512 (The precious pearl).
§ 3. THE QUALITIES OF FAITH.
Faith must be:
1. entire 54 186 719.
2. firm, like that of Abraham 54 60 68; Job 126; Josue 195; the widow of Sarepta 268; Elias 273; Simeon and Anna 409; the Magi 414.
3. steadfast , as that of Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Daniel, Eleazar, Machabees, the Man born blind, St. Stephen, the Apostles.
4. living 54 414 (Magi); 621 (Wise virgins); dead faith 460 622.
5. openly and fearlessly confessed 234 (David); 339 (Three youths); 427 (John the Baptist); 579 (Man born blind). “He who shall confess me before men” &c. (Matth. 10, 32). The Apostles and St. Stephen after Pentecost.
FIRST ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
§ 1. GOD.
His Divine Attributes:
1. Eternity 7 134 (“I am who am”); 332 (Prayer of Susanna).
2. Immutability 134. In His designs and decrees 78 289 (Ninive).
3. Omnipotence. Illustrated by the Creation of heaven and earth through His sole word 7; the deluge; the ten plagues; the Exodus of the people of Israel &c. 282 289.
4. Omnipresence . Illustrated by the history of Adam and Eve in Paradise, and the life of the Patriarchs 44 61 267 332 475; by the words of St. Paul 794.
5. Omniscience . Illustrated by the history of Adam and Eve, of Abel and Cain; by every prophecy of the O. T. Proclaimed by Samuel 221; by David 243 248; by Susanna 332. God knew the secret sins of David 243; of Achab 276; testified to by our Lord in the Sermon of the Mount 475.
6. Wisdom. In Creation 7; in the story of Jacob 78; of Joseph 103; of the people of Israel 117 — 176; in the history of mankind 376; in the work of redemption 287 310.
7. Holiness . Lev. 21,8; 31 39 135. “Holy and terrible is His Name”. Ps. no, 9. “Hallowed be Thy Name”. “Holy Father, keep them in Thy Name” 644.
8. Goodness. All good things come from Him 83 126 252 478; Manifested in His lavish gifts to Men and Angels 9 — 19; in the preservation of the human race through Noe; in the repeated promise of a Redeemer; in the special election and guidance of the people of Israel; in the case of individuals as Joseph, Solomon, Elias, Tobias, Daniel; finally and fully in the Incarnation of His Only-begotten Son 401 452.
9. Justice. Manifested in the sin of the Angels n; of our first parents 26; of Cain 31; in the deluge 39; in the destruction of Sodom 64; in the history of Esau and Jacob; of Joseph and his brethren; in the ten plagues; in the sedition of Core; in the destruction of the Chanaanites, of the kingdoms of Israel and Juda, of Jerusalem; in the parable of Lazarus and Dives; in the punishment of Herod the Great and Herod Agrippa; of Ananias and Saphira.
10. Mercy and Compassion . Manifested in the promise of a Redeemer 26; in the deluge 39; in the sin of the golden calf 160; in the brazen serpent 182 — 184; in the case of the judges 200—203; in forgiving the sin of David 243; in promising to forgive all, even the greatest, sins 312 (“If your sins be as scarlet &c.”); in the deliverance from Babylonian captivity 326 338 349. — The Mercy and Compassion of Jesus manifested in the cure of the paralytic 467; of the leper 487; of Mary Magdalen 496; of the prodigal son 568; in feeding the hungry multitude 528; in the repentance of Peter 669; in the conversion of Saul 766; in the institution of the Sacrament of penance 723.
§ 2. THE THREE PERSONS OF GOD.
The Holy Trinity. A plurality of divine persons signified in the O. T. 7 17; clearly revealed in the N. T. 432 447 646 733. The Father sent His Son into the world (Incarnation), and the Son sent the Holy Ghost, visibly once (on Pentecost), invisibly whenever a soul is sanctified by grace. By sanctifying grace the Holy Ghost with Father and Son dwells in our hearts.
§ 3. GOD THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
I. THE CREATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD.
God the Creator of the world 1—9; words of the Machabee brothers 365 ; of St. Paul at Lystra 784; at Athens 794.
God maintains the world: “Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow” &c. 478; God works continuously 500; the annual multiplication of bread 529.
God governs the world no 202. See “Providence”.
God suffers evil and knows how to turn it to good: Guidance of Jacob 78; Joseph 93; Joseph’s words 114; destruction of Israel 294; the cockle among the wheat 508; the sin of Judas 637; the hatred of the Pharisees 675; the unbelief of Thomas 724; the sealing of our Lord’s sepulchre 708; the persecution of the Christians in Jerusalem 761. Why there is so much suffering: Abraham 69, Joseph in Egypt 98; his brethren 107; Job 126; oppression of the Israelites 182 201; David’s trials 245; Solomon’s magnificence 260; overthrow of Israel 294; of Juda 326 ; trials of Tobias 296 306; the paralytic man 467; persecution of the Christians 761.
Divine Providence: Esau and Jacob 78; Joseph 103 114; Jacob in Egypt 1 17; Ruth 208; Saul 218; Aman’s murderous plot frustrated 355; guidance of mankind 376; the enrolment at Bethlehem 400; rescue of the Child Jesus 419; our Lord’s word’s: “Be not solicitous” &c. 478; and “The hairs of your head” &c. 522.
2. THE ANGELS.
Creation and fall of angels 9 — 13. The sin of angels greater than that of Adam 27.
Office of the good angels: They are God’s messengers 10; Gabriel’s message to Zachary 382; to Mary 385; to Joseph 387 417; message of the angel to the shepherds 402; and to Philip the deacon 759. They praise God 402 (“Glory to God in the highest”).
They come to our aid: Lot 66; Tobias 298; the three children 336; Daniel in the lion’s den 344; Judas Machabeus 369; Peter in prison 778.
They pray for us: Jacob’s ladder 83; words of Raphael 305.
They exhort us to what is right: Raphael’s words to young Tobias 300.
Belief in guardian angels: Tobias the elder 299 305; Judith 321. The doctrine taught by our Lord 548 550; and believed by the first Christians 779.
The evil spirits lay snares for us out of hatred and envy: Fall of Adam and Eve 19; Job 122 127. Our Lord’s temptation 429; the possessed 458; Judas Iscariot 639. They cannot, however, injure us, if wTe, following our Lord’s example, resist their temptations 433.
3. THE FIRST MAN.
Creation of man 13. Made to the image of God 15 792 (St. Paul’s discourse at Athens). Immortality of the soul 93 371. Free-will 16 17 31 The fall of man 19. Original sin 22 447 (discourse with Nicodemus). Mary conceived without sin: First promise of the Redeemer 27. Types of the immaculate Virgin: Gedeon’s fleece 203; Esther 356. Consequences of sin: Adam and Eve after the fall 22; the sentence 24; Cain 32; corruption of man 35; idolatry 48; and repeated falls of Israel 201. Figures of the corruption of man: 327 (destruction of the city and Temple); 537 (the man deaf and dumb); 558 (the Jewwounded and plundered by robbers); 670 (Judas).
SECOND ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
The holy Name of Jesus 404.
The name of Christ (the Anointed). In the Old Testament high priests 173, kings 220, and prophets 278, were anointed with oil; but Jesus is the supreme Priest, King and Prophet, as was signified in the Old Law 190, and as such He was anointed immediately by the Holy Ghost, and after His Baptism in the Jordan was manifested to the world 432.
We are the children of God 716.
Jesus Christ is our Lord 562 590 673 732 736 751.
§ 1. JESUS CHRIST THE PROMISED REDEEMER.
Promises of the Redeemer: to our first parents 26; to Abraham 54 70; to Jacob 83; through Jacob 120; through Balaam 186; Moses 190; David 238; Isaias 313; Jeremias 326; vision of Ezechiel 327; Nabuchodonozor’s dream 337 ; Aggeus 350; Zacharias 350; Malachias 359. Personal types of Christ: Adam 27 ; Abel 33; Noe 45 ; Melchisedech 58; Isaac 70; Joseph 104 114; Job 127; Moses 160; Josue 195; Gedeon 203; Samson 203; David 249; Solomon 260; Elias 283; Jonas 291. Material types of Christ: Tree of knowledge 18; the ram in the thicket 70; Jacob’s ladder 84; the paschal lamb 143; the rock in the wilderness 152; the sacrifices of the Old Law 170; the brazen serpent 183; Gedeon’s fleecf 203.
That Jesus is the promised Redeemer is shown:
a) by Himself 452 (to the Samaritan woman); 456 (in the synagogue at Nazareth); 663 (before the Sanhedrim).
b) by the apparition of Moses and Elias at the Transfiguration 544;
c) by the angel who appeared to the shepherds 402.
d) by John the Baptist 428 437.
e) by the first disciples 437 ; especially by Peter 533 540.
f) by the crowd when Jesus entered Jerusalem 606.
g) by the fact that all the promises of the Messias were fulfilled in Him, especially in those things foretold by the prophets:
1. concerning the time of His Birth 376; the place of His Birth 413; His descent from David (and the virginity of His Mother) 239 3i3 387.
2. the circumstances of His Life 454 494 606 (His solemn entry into Jerusalem); as well as the circumstances and details of His Passion and Death 690 701 706.
3. about His Resurrection 71 1; Ascension 733; and the descent of the Holy Ghost 739.
4. about the foundation and everlasting duration of His Church 540 806.
Preparation of the Gentiles for the Redeemer: the deluge 38; destruction of Sodom 64; the plagues of Egypt 139 ; Balaam 186; Naaman 284; Jonas 290; overthrow of Israel 294; dream of Nabuchodonozor 337; Daniel 345 377.
Condition of the world at the Advent of Christ: 338 (despotism); 346 (idolatry); 554 (slavery); 783 785 (deification of men). A picture of the misery of mankind before Christ 501.
§ 2. JESUS CHRIST TRUE GOD.
The Divinity of Christ is attested:
a) by the prophets 239 313 (Isaias: “God Himself will come and save you”); especially by John the Baptist 426 (“He will baptize with the Holy Ghost”); 435 (“Behold the Lamb of God ... He was before me ... I give testimony that He is the Son of God”). By the angel Gabriel 382 (“He shall convert many to the Lord their God \ And he shall go before Him"); 386 (“He shall be called the Son of the Most High . . . He shall be called the Son of God . . . He shall save the people from their sins”). By the angel to the shepherds 402 (“A Saviour who is Christ the Lord”). By Elizabeth 390 (“Whence is this to me that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?”). By Zachary 395 (“Thou child shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord”).
b) by God the Father at the Baptism in the Jordan 429 (“This is My beloved Son” &c.); and at the Transfiguration 543.
c) by Christ Himself:
1. by His words 421 (“Did you not know that I must be about my Father’s business?”); 442 446 (“Make not the house of My Father a house of traffic”); 447 (“God so loved the world as to give His Only-begotten Son . . . God sent His Son into the world”); 500 (“Whatsoever things the Father doth, these the Son also doth in like manner . . . For as the Father raiseth the dead &c. . . . that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father”); 538 (when in response to Peter’s confession: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God”, Jesus answered: “Blessed art thou, Simon, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father who is in heaven . . . And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven” &c.); 553; 578 (“It is He — the Son of God — who speaketh with thee”); 589 (“I and the Father are one . . . the Father is in Me and I in the Father”); 595 (“This sickness is . . . for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it ... I am the resurrection and the life” &c.); 644 (“Father, glorify Thy Son . . . glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had before the world was”); 662 (Jesus attested on oath: “I am the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God, and you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God”); 662 (To the question of the Sanhedrim: “Art Thou therefore the Son of God ?” Jesus answered: “I am”); 693 (“Father, forgive them” &c.); 696 (“Amen, I say to thee, this day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise”); 700 (“Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit”); 722 (“Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins ye shall forgive” &c.); 722 (Jesus accepted the homage of Thomas when he cried out: “My Lord and my God!”); 730 (“All power is given to Me in heaven and earth . . . and behold I am with you all days even unto the consummation of the world”).
2. by His divine works. See “Third Article” under “Miracles”, 816.
3. by His Blood, for He died for the confession of His divinity 661 675 694.
d) by the apostles: 533 (“We have believed and have known that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God”); 538 (Peter confesses: “Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God”); 543 723 (the apostles were witnesses to the Transfiguration and Resurrection of Jesus); 722 (Thomas cries out: “My Lord and My God!”); 727 (Peter says: “Lord, Thou knowest all things”); 731 (St. John writes that “Jesus Christ is the Son of God”); 736 (the disciples pray to Jesus as the omniscient Lord); 739 (Peter preaches that “Jesus was exalted to the right hand of God, and had sent the Holy Ghost”); 742 (Peter calls Jesus the Son of God and the Author of life); 755 (Stephen testifies to the divinity of Christ by his vision, his prayer and his blood); 766 (Paul preaches at Damascus that “Jesus is the Son of God”); 773 (Peter preaches at Caesarea that “Jesus is the Judge of the living and the dead”, and that “through His name all receive remission of sins”); 797 (testimony of St. Paul to the divinity of Christ); 803 (the apostles bore witness to it with their blood).
e) by the Catholic Church 736 762.
THIRD ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
The Incarnation of the Son of God was foreshadowed 203 (Gedeon's fleece); foretold by Isaias 313; announced by Gabriel 385.
There are two natures in Christ: Declaration of David 239; Isaias 313. The Annunciation 385; the Nativity 400; the Child Jesus in the Temple 422; our Lord’s discourse with Nicodemus 447; the storm on the lake 514.
Mary is the Mother of God: 385 (the Annunciation); 390 (the Holy Ghost speaks through Elizabeth).
Mary has co-operated in our salvation 385 698; power of her intercession 441.
Types of Mary: 27 389 (Eve); 320 (Judith); 356 (Esther).
Virtues of Mary : 389 393 410 419 423 441 560.
Sorrow’s of Mary: 410 698 707. Her death and assumption into heaven 801.
St. Joseph: 419 (his virtues and his high place in the kingdom of God); 441 (his blessed death).
Type of St. Joseph: 108 (“Go to Joseph”).
The reason why the Son of God became incarnate: 84 (the heavenly ladder); 401; 447 (Jesus Himself told Nicodemus); 655 (Agony in the garden; only God can redeem us 558.
Christmas 404.
Adoration of the shepherds 402; the Magi 41 1; 416 (signification of their gifts); 416 (Feast of the three kings).
Circumcision of Jesus 403.
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple 405.
Jesus subject at Nazareth 423.
His Baptism 428; fasting and temptation 429.
Jesus teaches: 447 (Nicodemus); 449 (the Samaritan woman); 454 (the Nazarites); 458 (in Galilee); 435 (He gathers disciples round Him); 518 (chooses twelve of them to be apostles).
Jesus proved the divinity of his doctrine by:
1. the holiness of His Life 590 (“Believe the works” &c.); 669 675 (gentleness of Jesus); 658 683 (His patience, innocence &c.); 676 (Procla’s dream); 741 (the holy One and the just); 773 (“Who went about doing good”).
2. by miracles: 438 446 452 (He knew secret and distant things); 439 (He changes water into wine); 442 (drives the buyers and sellers out of the Temple); 458 (drives out devils, cures Peter’s wife’s mother and many other sick). 461 (He proves He has dominion over nature by the miraculous draught of fishes); 465 (cure of the man sick of the palsy); 484 (by mere force of will He cures the leper and centurion’s servant; 489 (He proves His dominion over life and death by raising up the young man of Naim); 495 (He reads the thoughts of Simon the Pharisee); 498 (He heals the infirm man); 512 (He proves His dominion over nature by stilling the tempest). 515 (the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the cure of the infirm woman by the touch of His garments); 519 (He transfers His power of working miracles to His apostles, who heal many sick). 525 (the multiplication of the loaves manifests His creative omnipotence); 530 (the four miracles the day after the miracle of the loaves prove that Jesus is independent of the laws of nature); 536 (He delivers from a devil the absent daughter of the Chanaanite woman, and cures a man deaf and dumb); 543 (by His Transfiguration He reveals His indwelling divine majesty); 576 (the cure of the man born blind is judicially examined and authenticated); 589 (Jesus appeals to His miracles as proofs of His Divinity, and vanishes suddenly from the midst of His enraged enemies); 595 (raising to life of Lazarus); 657 (Jesus strikes the ruffians to the ground by a word, and heals the wounded Malchus); 696 (the wonderful con* version of the penitent thief); 702 (the miracles attendant on His death); 710 (the miracle of all miracles, the Resurrection); 7 24 (Jesus reveals His omniscience); 728 (the miraculous draught of fishes); 732 (the Ascension); 734 (Jesus sends the Holy Ghost); 741 (Peter in the name of Jesus heals the lame man); 755 (Jesus appears to Stephen); 766 (He appears to Saul, converts and cures him); 769 (through Peter He cures Eneas and raises Tabitha to life); 778 (through the angel He frees Peter from prison); 782 795 797 (He works many miracles through St. Paul); 521 806 (the maintenance and spread of the Church proves the divinity of Christ).
Object of our Lord’s miracles 440 446 599; object of the Old Testaments miracles 139 149 194 272 284 346.
Witnesses of our Lord’s miracles 491 599.
Object of the apostles’ miracles 743 761 770 785; diffiference between our Lord’s miracles and those of the apostles 743.
3. by prophecies'. Jesus foretold the treason of Judas and the denial of Peter 637 640; His Passion and Death 444 445 531 562; His Resurrection 444 503 (the sign of Jonas); His Ascension 532 642 ("In My Father’s house there are many mansions, I go to prepare a place for you”); 715 ("I ascend to my Father”); the martyrdom of St. Peter 727 802; the descent of the Holy Ghost 643; the destruction of Jerusalem 605 616; the spread of the Church 486 510 (the grain of mustard-seed); 539 ("the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”); 561 (the sheep-fold), 806.
FOURTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
The Passion of Christ foretold: 238 (by David); 313 (by Isaias); 435 (by John the Baptist); 444 533 601 602 (by Christ Himself).
Types of the crucified Saviour: Isaac 70; the paschal lamb 142 701 706; the brazen serpent 183 445.
Types of the Cross of Christ: the Tree of knowledge 18; the wood which made the bitter water sweet 150; the budding rod of Aaron 180.
Jesus suffered as man: 652; throughout His whole life 410; (even in the manger) 401 447; finally, He was seized 656; mocked 674; scourged and crowned with thorns 676; sentenced to death by Pilate 679; and nailed to the Cross 686 702 706.
The miracles accompanying the Death of Jesus prove His divinity 696 700.
The way of the Cross 692; Good Friday 17 1 702; the dolours of Mary 406 410 698 707.
Jesus suffered willingly: 313 (Isaias); 401 601 639 659; in order to atone for our sins 313 (Isaias); 650 669 674 681 682 690 695 701; and to redeem us and open heaven to us 447 655 690 701.
Jesus suffered innocently 674 679 680.
Only God could redeem us 558.
Why not all men are saved 177 592 (Many are called &c.); 654.
FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ foretold 238 (by David); 313 (by Isaias); 503 (the sign of Jonas).
Type: Jonas 291.
Limbo: 75 524 571.
“He descended into hell” 706; on the third day He rose again from the dead 710.
Significance of our Lord's Resurrection 712 794.
Proofs of the Resurrection of Christ: He appears 1. to Magdalen; 2. to the other women, 3. to Peter, 4. to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, to whom He expounds the Scriptures, 5. to the apostles, eats with them, explains the Scriptures, bequeaths His mission, and institutes the Sacrament of Penance, 6. to the eleven, and lets Thomas touch Him, 7. to seven disciples on the Sea of Galilee, and confers the chief pastorship on Peter, 8. to more than five hundred disciples on a mountain in Galilee, 9. to the apostles in the room at Jerusalem, and confers on them His teaching, priestly and pastoral office. Stupid lies of the chief priests 714 729.
The apostles are witnesses to the Resurrection 723.
The marks of the five wounds on Jesus' glorified Body 725.
The Paschal Feast in the Old and New Testament 144 713; the true Paschal Lamb 635 706.
SIXTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
Type of the glorified Redeemer: Solomon 260.
He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty 729.
He ascended, 1. to take possession of His glory 646 (“Glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had before the world was”); 2. in order to send the Holy Ghost (see Eighth Article); 3. to be our Advocate with the Father 646; 4. to prepare a place for us 642 (“In My Father’s house are many mansions”).
The human nature of Christ merited its glory 720
SEVENTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
Type of the Last Judgment: the deluge 40.
Jesus Christ will judge the world 500 (“The Father hath given all judgment to the Son”); 503 (“The men of Ninive” &c.); 508 (the parable of the cockle); 510 (the parable of the net); 616 (signs preceding the judgment); 623 (Jesus describes the judgment); 732 (the universal dominion of Jesus); 794 (St. Paul at Athens); 807 (a new heaven and a new earth).
The glory of the just and the shame of the wicked at the Last Judgment: Esau weeps aloud 78; terror of Joseph’s brethren 114; the false accusers of Susanna 333; the man without a wedding-garment 610; the manifestations of all sins 626; “What shall be done in the dry wood” &c; 691; terror of sinners 713
EIGHTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
The Holy Ghost: allusion to Him in the Old Testament 7; “The Holy Ghost will overshadow thee” 386; Elizabeth filled with the Holy Ghost 390; the Holy Ghost under the form of a dove 429; sins against the Holy Ghost 502; promise of the Holy Ghost 643; the Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity 646 737 748; descent of the Holy Ghost 735.
Pentecost: type 157 739.
The Holy Ghost teaches the Church 643 646 (“He will teach you all things”); 740 (therefore manifested under the appearance of tongues); 762 789 (Council of Jerusalem). He sanctifies the Church: 738 (conversion of the Jews); 745 (the holy lives of the first Christians). He governs the Church: 772 (the Holy Ghost sends Peter to Cornelius); 781 (the Holy Ghost commands the sending out of Paul and Barnabas).
The Holy Ghost enlightens and comforts 390 (Elizabeth); 41 1 (Simeon); 646 770.
The gifts of the Holy Ghost: Solomon 253 (gift of wisdom); 738 (the apostles); St. Stephen 754; (Holy Fear) 764.
NINTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
§ 1. THE IDEA AND INSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH.
Pentecost is the feast of the institution or rather of the dedication of the Church 739; after it the apostles went forth, preached, established Christian communities and consecrated bishops 769 774 781 784 788 800; the Church proceeds from the Side of Jesus 707.
What is the Church? 739 747 751 769.
Christ is the invisible Head , Lord and Protector of the Church: 463 514 (Christ in St. Peter’s little ship); 673 (“I am a king”); 774 (Christ governs the Church); 779 (St. Peter delivered from prison); 806 (Christ protects the Church).
Peter is the visible Head of the Church: 436 (Simon is called Peter); 518 (“The first Simon who is called Peter”); 539 (“Thou art Peter” &c.); 641 (“Confirm thy brethren”); 726 — 728 (the chief pastoral office conferred on Peter); He stands forth as the chief pastor 734 (at the election of Matthias); 735 (at Pentecost); 746 (when he questioned and punished Ananias); 750 (when he acted as spokesman before the Council); 768 (when he undertook a visitation); 774 (when he received a revelation and admitted the first Gentiles into the Church); 787 (by presiding at the Council of Jerusalem).
The Pope is the successor of St. Peter as chief pastor 541 807.
The bishops are the successors of the apostles 555 805 806 (Titus, Timothy &c.).
Types of the Church: 40 (the Ark of Noe); 463 728 (the ship of Peter).
§ 2. MARKS OF THE CHURCH.
Christ founded only one , and that one a visible Church 551 (“Tell it to the Church”); 540 (“On this rock I will build My Church”); 562 (“There shall be one fold and one shepherd”); there is only one truth 512. The Church of Christ must be: 1. one 645 (Christ prays for the unity of the Church); 2. holy 645 (“Keep them from evil . . . . Sanctify them in truth”); 3. catholic or universal 337; 510 (the grain of mustard-seed); 562 730 (“Teach all nations ... to the consummation of the world”); 761 (the Ethiopian); 4. apostolic 522 (the apostles are the patriarchs of the Church); 761 (the Church to be spread by the apostles and their successors).
The Roman Church is the true Church , founded by Christ, for she is:
1. one 49 562 745.
2. holy 510 51 1 745 (the holy lives of the first Christians).
3. universal 761 774 807.
4. apostolic 799 807.
In her alone are the types of the Old Testament fulfilled 173 337. According to our Lord’s prophecy 518 647; she is hated and persecuted by the world 751 754.
§ 3. THE OFFICE OF THE CHURCH.
The prophetical , priestly and royal office of the Church instituted by God 541, 723 (Jesus confers His own mission on the apostles); 774 (only by means of this threefold office can man have part in the grace of redemption).
The Church as a teacher is infallible 646 732 762; whether its decisions are made by a general council 789; or by the Pope as chief pastor 541 641 728 when the matter is one of faith or morals.
The infallibility of the Church is a consolation to the faithful 789.
In the Catholic Church alone is salvation: 463 (the draught of fishes); 471 (“You are the light of the world”); 722 (“As the Father hath sent Me” &c.) 728 730 732 806. The Ark of Noe a type of the Church in which alone is salvation 40.
The Church is indestructible: 386 (“Of His kingdom there will be no end”); 514 (the ship of Peter); 521 541 751 805.
We owe obedience to the Church 541 551 747 (Ananias and Saphira); 767.
§ 4. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.
Jesus is the king of all the redeemed 562. All who belong to Him shall be called Saints 768. The blessed in heaven pray for us 372 563. Prayers for the holy souls 371.
TENTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
Remission of sins 722 (institution of the Sacrament of Penance); 730 (“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved”); 736 (“Be baptized for the remission of your sins”).
ELEVENTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
At death the soul is separated from the body, and the latter returns to the earth 13 25 269 301 517; death is a sleep 517 756; it comes unexpectedly 622.
The resurrection of the body: Job’s faith 125 ; the vision of Ezechiel 324; faith of the Machabee brothers 363; death a sleep 517; “I am the resurrection and the life” 596; the Resurrection of Christ is the cause and pledge of our resurrection 712.
The glorified body 712.
TWELFTH ARTICLE OF THE CREED.
The particular judgment 343 (numbered, weighed and judged); 365 588 756.
Purgatory 371 505.
Hell: the destruction of Sodom a type of hell 66; cruelty of Satan 461 486 (weeping and gnashing of teeth); 478 (cast into the oven); 548 (“everlasting fire”); 570 (a glimpse of hell); 61 1 628 (“depart from Me”); 648 (the withered vine-branch burneth, but is not burnt).
It lasts for ever 505 571 628.
Who go to hell? 481 (the broad way); 571 (the impenitent); 61 1 628 (he who has done no good works); 648 (he who is not in a state of grace).
Heaven: its type 17 (Paradise); “I am thy reward” 59; Joseph’s exaltation 104; faith of Job 126; of the Machabee brothers 365. “The just shall shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father” 509; joy of the apostles at the Transfiguration 544; “Come ye blessed” &c. 628; promise of heaven 642 648; the Tree of life in the heavenly Paradise 806; degrees of bliss 481; a glimpse of heaven gives consolation 806. The transformation of the world 807.
SECOND PART.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
The Ten Commandments: 154 156; the law of Jesus is sweet and light 624; he who will be saved must keep the commandments 54 (Abraham); “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord” &c. 482 624 628; “Teaching them to observe all things” &c. 730; perfection of the Christian law 472.
The commandments are a benefit 156 484.
FIRST COMMANDMENT.
§ 1. OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
Models of the love of God: Abraham 69; Solomon 252; the three youths in the furnace 339; Eleazar 362; the seven Machabees 365; Man' and Martha 560; the first Christians 747; Stephen 756; Paul 799: the apostles 801.
The lot* of God above all thing 587 613. Motives for the love of God (see “The goodness and mercy of God” 81 1).
§ 2. OF THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR.
The commandment to lave our neighbour: 472 479; 558 (the good Samaritan); 640 648.
Models of the lave of our neighbour: Noe 40; Abraham 57 60; Moses 160; Booz 209; Tobias 295; Jeremias 326; Mary 393; the first Christians 747; Stephen 756; Tabitha 770; Cornelius 776.
Our love of our neighbour ought to be
1. sincere: Abraham 57; Joseph’s love for his brethren 112; Moses’ love for his people 160; Mary’s for Elizabeth 393; Elizabeth’s neighbours 396; the centurion 487; the good Samaritan 558.
2 . disinterested: Abraham 57; Rebecca 74; Booz 209; David and Jonathan 227; Tobias 300; Mary ministering to Elizabeth 393; “With what measure” &c. 479; the good Samaritan 558; Stephen 756; Tabitha 770; Cornelius 776.
3. entire: Joseph’s love for his enemies no 112; David 231 245; the good Samaritan 558; Stephen 756.
Jesus has commanded us to love our enemies 473 (“I say to you, love your enemies” &c.); 551 (parable of the unmerciful servant); He taught the same by His example 659 (by healing the wounded Malchus); 693 (by praying on the Cross for His enemies).
It is noble to forgive: 89 (Esau); 112 (Joseph).
Love of the poor , widows dr.: the king’s daughter and the infant Moses 130; Booz and the poor Ruth 209; Tobias 300; Jesus with the widow of Naim 491; the centurion 487; the widows of the early Christians 758; Tabitha and the widows 770.
The corporal works of mercy:
1. to feed the hungry: Abraham 57; Joseph 108; Booz 209; the widow of Sarepta 267 ; Jesus multiplies the loaves 526; Martha 560;
2. to give drink to the thirsty: Abraham 57; Rebecca 74; the woman of Samaria 453.
3. to clothe the naked: Tabitha 770.
4. to harbour the harbourless: Abraham 60; Martha and Mary 560; the two disciples at Emmaus 720.
5. to visit the imprisoned: Abraham 56; Daniel saves Susanna 331.
6. to visit the sick: Job’s friends 124; the disciples of John the Baptist 492; the good Samaritan 558; Peter visits Eneas 768.
7. to bury the dead: Tobias 305; the inhabitants of Naim 489; Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus 704.
The spiritual works of mercy:
1. to convert the sinner: Henoch 35; Noe 36; Joseph 107 ; Elias 271; John the Baptist 425; the thief on the right hand 696; Paul and Barnabas at Lystra 783.
2. to instruct the ignorant: Jesus in chapters XV — XVII; Peter on day of Pentecost 735; at Caesarea 772; Philip and the Ethiopian 760; Paul at Athens 792.
3. to counsel the doubtful: Joseph 102; Roboam’s old advisers 262; Naaman’s servants 280; the counsel of Gamaliel 750.
4. to comfort the sorrowful: Joseph 99; Tobias 296; Jesus in chapt. XXIII (the young man of Naim), XXV (Magdalen), XXX (Jairus’ daughter), LIV (the raising of Lazarus), LX VIII (parting words).
5. to bear wrongs patiently: Job, his wife and his friends 126; David’s magnanimity 231; Tobias and his wife’s reproaches 294; Eleazar 361; Jesus in His Passion 656 701.
6. to forgive injuries: Esau 89; Joseph 112; David 228 246; Jesus 693; Stephen 757.
7. to pray for the living and the dead: Abraham intercedes for Sodom 62; Moses for his people chapt. XXXVII XL, Samuel XLVIII; Solomon LIX, Elias LXIII, Judas Machabeus LXXXV for the dead); the disciples pray for Peter’s mother-in-law 460; Jesus for His apostles 520; for the unity of the Church 265; for His enemies 645 ; Stephen prays for his murderers 755 ; the Church for Peter 780.
§ 3. OF CHRISTIAN SELF-LOVE.
Inordinate self-love: Lot 55; Jacob 76; Achab 274; the Pharisees 545.
Christian self-love cares more for the soul and for what is eternal than for the body and for what is temporal: folly of sinners 87 (Esau); 301 (“Enemies of their own souls”); the Machabee brothers 363; Jesus heals first the soul of the paralytic man 465; 477 (“Lay not up to yourselves treasures upon earth &c. . . . Seek you first the kingdom of God &c.“); 548 (the value of a soul); 560 (the one thing needful); 571 (why the rich man was eternally punished); 586 (“He that loveth his life shall lose it”); 586 (“What doth it profit a man &c.“).
§ 4. OF THE WORSHIP OF GOD.
Models of the worship of God: Abraham 52; Joseph 94; David 222; Tobias 295 301; Judith 319; our Lord’s words: “Render to God the things that are God’s” 612.
Gratitude to God: Noe after leaving the Ark 44; the three young men in the furnace 339; Zachary 395; Simeon 408; the man born lame 741.
Resignation to God's will: Abraham 52; Job 126; Heli 214; Samuel 221; Tobias 297; Mary and Joseph at the flight into Egypt 417; John the Baptist 428; Lazarus 571; Jesus in the Garden 654.
Unbelief: the men before the Rood 35; Pharao 140; the Nazarites 425; the proud Pharisees 498; many disciples when the Blessed Sacrament was promised 532; the rich man and his brethren 572; the chief priests 695 785.
Causes of unbelief: 40 160 309 456 504 579 584 600 785 794.
The weapons of unbelief: 505 714 754 (lies); 578 749 754 757 758 763 777 782 796 801 (violence); 693 734 794 (scorn); 639 714 (bribery).
Heresy : the Samaritans 451.
Doubt: Moses and Aaron 183; Zachary 384.
Religious indifference: Solomon 260; its blameworthiness 776.
Denial of faith: Solomon 260 339; Peter 667.
Sins against hope: the murmuring Israelites 153 176 182; Moses and Aaron 183; presumption of the Pharisees 425; despair of Cain 30; of Judas 669.
Sins against charity: Job’s wife 127; the Israelites in the desert 151 176 182.
External worship of God: Moses 133; the sacrifices of the Old Law 170; David 234; dedication of the Temple 256; Tobias 293; Jesus, Mary and Joseph go up to the Temple 420; worship of God in spirit and in truth 453; Jesus in the synagogue of Nazareth 454; the publican in the Temple 583; religious worship of the early Christians 747; religious music 235.
Sins against religion: Heli’s sons 214; Jesus cleanses the Temple 442.
Idolatry : tower of Babel 46; the golden calf 158; the Chanaanites 194; Nabuchodonosor 335; Babylon 344; the Roman empire 781; the men of Lystra 783; of Athens 791.
Superstition: dreams 90; Balak 185; the sorcerer at Cyprus 783. Sacrilege: Heli’s sons 214; Baltassar’s banquet 343; desecration of the Temple 361.
§ 5. OF THE VENERATION OF SAINTS.
The veneration and invocation of Saints: Job’s intercession 127; Moses’ 151 160 177; Judith’s 320; Onias’ 372; the apostles’ 460; St. Stephen’s 757 The Angels and Saints know about us and our prayers: Raphael’s words to Tobias 306; vision of Judas 372; the joy of the angels over the conversion of one sinner 568.
We honour God in His Saints: the veneration of the Blessed Virgin 392; of St. Joseph 419.
The ivorship of Mary: the angel’s reverential greeting 385 ; St. Elizabeth’s greeting 390; the dignity of the Mother of God 392; her prophecy 391 504; the power of her intercession 441; Mary our Mother 698; the feeling towards her of the first Christians 736.
Veneration of pictures: 166 (the pictures of Cherubim in the Tabernacle).
Veneration of relics: the mantle of Elias 278; the bones of Eliseus 284; the girdle &c. of St. Paul 798.
SECOND COMMANDMENT.
Blasphemy: the Israelites in the desert 177; the Pharisees 466; the Jews at the Crucifixion 693 708.
Curses (imprecations): the people in the desert 177; Balak 185; the Jews 679 685.
Oaths: our Lord’s words 474; His oath 662.
Sinful oaths: Esau makes an unnecessary oath 79; Herod also 523; Peter’s false oath 667.
Vows: Jacob 82 84 88; Anna 213; Mary 389.
Zeal for Gods glory : Moses 160; David 234 250; Elias 272; Daniel 343; the Machabees 372; Mary 423; Jesus 446; Peter 738 744; Paul 798.
THIRD COMMANDMENT.
Institution of the Sabbath 7; commandment to keep it holy 154; example of Jesus 458; keeping holy Sunday instead of the Sabbath 725; divine worship of the early Christians 747.
Desecration of the Sabbath: manna did not fall on Sabbath 149; the Sabbath-breaker 180.
Permission to do work on the Sabbath 501 (“Take up thy bed and walk”).
FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
Good children: Joseph 89 112; Ruth 208; Tobias 301; Jesus 423 698.
Parents are the representatives of God: Jacob’s words 89.
Love of parents for their children: Jacob 118; the parents of Moses 129; David 245; Tobias 300 304; Mary and Joseph 417 419; dolours of Mary 410; the widow of Naim 491.
Reverence for parents: Sem and Japhet 43; Joseph 117; admonition of Tobias 304. Sins against it: Cham 43; Absalom 245.
Love for parents: Joseph no 113 117; Juda 112; Tobias 304; Jesus 697. Sins against it: Joseph’s brethren 90; Absalom 244.
Punishment of bad children: Cham 43; the sons of Heli 214; Absalom 245.
Reward of good children: Sem 45; Joseph 121; Tobias 304.
Conduct towards fosterparents: Ruth 208; Samuel towards Heli 214; the disciples of Elias 283; Jesus towards Joseph 423. Conduct towards masters: Eliezer 74.
Authority ordained by God: Aaron’s budding rod 179; Saul 230; our Lord’s words 722 (“As the Father hath sent Me” &c.); divine right of kings 228; distinction between spiritual and temporal authority 310; Nabuchodonosor’s dream 337; our Lord’s words 589 612 (“Render to Caesar” &c.); 684 (“Thou shouldst not have power” &c.).
Sins against spiritual authority: The revolt of Core 180; Ozias 309; the boys at Bethel 285; Ananias 746; against temporal authority: the murmuring of the Israelites against Moses 150 178; the revolt of Core 180; Absalom’s rebellion 244; the ten tribes 262.
Lawful disobedience: Tobias 294; the high priest and Ozias 309; Daniel 325; the young men in the furnace 339; the Machabee brothers 363; the apostles before the Council 744.
Duties of parents and superiors : Abraham 71; the exhortation of Moses 189; Heli’s sons 214; Tobias 304; “Suffer the children to come unto Me” 549.
Respect for old age: Pharao pays honour to Jacob 117; the boys of Bethel 285.
FIFTH COMMANDMENT.
Injury to our neighbour's body and soul: Cain 31; Joseph’s brethren embitter their father’s life 92; Samson’s eyes put out 200; David causes the death of Urias 240; Naboth unjustly put to death 275; Eleazar 361; the Machabee brothers 363; the holy Innocents 416; beheading of John the Baptist 523; Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus, the scourging of the apostles, stoning of Stephen &c.
When the taking of life is lawful: 159 224.
Evil intentions against our neighbour: our Lord’s words 472; the envy of Cain 31; the hatred of Esau 77; the envy of Joseph’s brethren 90; envy of Saul 227 ; anger of the Nazarites 457 ; hatred of Herodias 523; hatred of the Pharisees towards Jesus 684 &c.
Suicide: Saul 231; Judas 670.
Desire far death : Elias 282.
Giving scandal: Putiphar’s wife 95; Job’s wife 127; the spies 177; David 243; Absalom 244; Jeroboam 264; Jezabel 276; our Lord’s words 482 (“Beware of false prophets” &c.); 550.
Concord with our neighbour: Abraham’s love of peace 55; the first Christians 747; our Lord’s words 469 (“Blessed*are the peacemakers”).
Cruelty to animals: 16 44 291.
Zeal for souls: Henoch 35; Noe 40; Moses 160; Samuel 212; Elias 272 282; Tobias 301; Isaias 313; John the Baptist 425; Andrew and Philip 438 472 563 (the Good Shepherd); 702 (the thirst of Jesus); 738 744 77i (Peter); 751 (the apostles); 756 (Stephen); 765 786 799 (Paul).
SIXTH COMMANDMENT.
Sins against chastity: Cham 45; David 243; exhortation of Tobias 298 (“Keep thyself from all fornication”).
Their shamefulness: Sodom 65.
Their bad consequences: Putiphar’s wife 94; David 243 244; Susanna’s accusers 330; Herod and Herodias 492.
Means of resisting them: Joseph 94; Susanna 332; purity of heart 470; the living temples of God 446.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
Robbery : Achab seizes Naboth’s vineyard 277; the robbers near Jericho 556.
Deceit: Giezi 281; what is found must be restored: Jacob 111; stolen goods must not be received: Tobias 296.
Beneficence: see “Corporal works of mercy” 823.
Economy : Joseph in Egypt 108; Jesus at the miracle of the loaves 529.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.
False witness: the witnesses against Naboth 276; against Susanna 332; against Jesus 663 672; against Stephen 754.
Lies: Satan 20; Jacob 76; the spies 177; the woman before Solomon 253; Giezi 285; Peter 664; the stupid lies of the chief priests 714; Ananias and Saphira 746.
Detraction: 45 (Cham); 480.
Calumny: Putiphar’s wife 95; the Pharisees about Jesus 505 (saying that he was in league with the devil); 708 (the chief priests saying that the apostles meant to steal the Body of Jesus).
Hypocrisy: Joseph’s brethren 91; Herod 415 ; Eleazar scorns it 361; the Pharisees 546 675; Judas 639 659; Ananias 748.
False suspicions: Job’s friends 127; the chief priests 708.
Rash judgment: Putiphar 95; the proud Pharisee in the Temple 583;
our Lord’s words 480 (“Judge not” &c.).
Models of sincerity: Samuel 214; Eleazar 361.
NINTH AND TENTH COMMANDMENTS.
To covet another’s wife: David 243; Herod Antipas 492 524.
To covet another’s possessions: Achab 277.
FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH.
Feasts: types of them 17 1; Christmas 401; Circumcision 404; Epiphany 416; Candlemas 410; Palm-Sunday 608; Corpus Christi 635; Good Friday 702; Easter 713; Ascension 731; Whit-Sunday 738; Feast of St. Stephen 757; the Assumption 801; SS. Peter and Paul 803. Behaviour at divine worship: example of Solomon 255; Jesus 423; punishment of the sons of Heli 214; purification of the Temple 446. Necessity of worship 256 477.
Holiness of God's house: Jacob’s exclamation 82 (“How terrible is this place” &c.). Comparison between our churches and the Tabernacle 165; and the Temple of Solomon 257 ; Jesus cleanses the Temple 442 (“Make not my Father’s house a house of traffic”).
Zeal in hearing the word of God: the example of Jesus 423; the crowd on the shores of the lake 464; at the Sermon on the Mount 468; the first Christians 745.
THIRD COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Ember-days: 785.
Abstinence from flesh-meat: example of Daniel and his friends 325;
Eleazar 361; the Machabee brothers 366.
Fasting: recommended by the angel Raphael 303 (“Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold”); the example of Moses 158 161; the Israelites 213; the Ninivites 288; Judith 320; Jesus 434; Saul 768; the ancients of Antioch 781.
FOURTH AND FIFTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH.
Necessity of confession 723.
Holy Communion: necessity of receiving it 534; frequent Communion of the first Christians 746; our Lord’s words: “Suffer the children to come unto Mel” 549; Easter Communion 713.
ON BREAKING THE COMMANDMENTS.
§ 1. OF SIN GENERALLY.
What is sin? Adam and Eve 21; Noe’s drunkenness not a sin 45; conscience admonishes us 22; Saul 222.
Sins of thought: Eve 21; the Pharisees 467; of desire: Eve 21; Cain 31; Esau wishes to kill Jacob 77; Herod purposes to kill the Child Jesus 420; of word: curses, lies &c. ; of deed: killing, stealing; of omission: Ruben 93; the slothful servant 625.
Sin is the greatest of all evils: sin of the angels 11; sin of our first parents 22; evil consequences of one venial sin 93; Joseph’s words: ‘‘How can I do this wicked thing” &c. 94; the severe punishment of Moses’ doubt 183 189; our Lord’s words: “If thy hand scandalize thee” &c. 548 553 (an inconceivably great guilt); 566 (dissipation and slavery); “What doth it profit a man” & c. 588; sin bears two aspects 671; Punishment of the fallen angels 11; of our first parents 24; the bitter Passion and Death of Jesus 652 655 659 669 674 680 681 690 701 702.
Sin is an act of ingratitude 22 99 112 244 567.
The folly of sinners: Esau sells his birthright 79 301 (enemies of their own souls); the prodigal son 566.
The consequences of mortal sin: the angels 11; our first parents 22; Cain’s pangs of conscience 30; Samson 204; Saul 218; the city laid waste 327; the loss of Jesus 423; sin a leprosy 488; the prodigal son wastes his substance 566. The punishment of Sodom 65; the rich man in hell 571.
§ 2. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SIN.
When is sin mortal? Examples: the sin of our first parents 21; the lie told by the woman before the judgment-seat of Solomon 253; the false witnesses against our Lord 663.
The name of “ mortal sin ”: God’s threat “in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death” 15. The father’s words in the parable: “This my son was dead” 568.
When is a sin venial? Examples: Jacob 93; doubt of Moses 183; Zachary 384.
Capital sins are the sources of all other sins:
Cain 31; Joseph’s brethren 92; the avarice of Judas 639.
Pride: the fallen angels 11; our first parents 21 26; the Tower of Babel 48; Pharao 140; Core &c. 180; Saul 218; Goliath 225; Absalom 246; Solomon 260; Roboam 263; Tobias warns his son against it 298; Ozias 309; Aman 355; Herod 415; Simon the Pharisee 498; the rich glutton 571; the Pharisee in the Temple 584; the Pharisees 579; Herod Agrippa 780; the Jews of Antioch 785 Avarice (covetousness): it is an idolatry 161; Achab 276; Giezi 285; Jesus warns against the worship of mammon 478; Judas 639 669; Ananias 748.
Lust: see the Sixth Commandment.
Envy: the devil 18; Cain 31; Laban 89; Joseph’s brethren 93; Saul 227; the cruel woman before Solomon 253; the labourers in the vineyard 594; the Pharisees 713.
Gluttony: Noe 45; Esau 79; the Israelites in the desert 149 160; it is hurtful to the health 328; Baltassar 343; Herod 525; the rich man 571.
Anger: Esau 79; Nabuchodonosor 338; Aman 353; Herod 419; the Nazarites 457; Herodias 523. Righteous or holy anger (zeal): Moses 160; Jesus 442; Paul and Barnabas 783.
Sloth: work a means of resisting sin 26; David’s tepidity 244; Solomon 260; Jesus works 423; the labourers in the vineyard 594; the foolish virgins 621; the slothful servant 624.
The six sins against the Holy Ghost:
1. Presumption: the men before the Flood 36; the inhabitants of Sodom 62; Judas 670.
2. Despair: Cain 30; Judas 670.
3. Resisting the known truth: the Pharisees 504; the reproach of St. Stephen against the unbelieving Jews 754 757.
4. Envy of another's spiritual good: Cain 29; the Pharisees 504 608; the Jews of Antioch in Pisidia 783.
5. Obstinacy in sin : Cain 29 32; Pharao 145; the kingdom of Israel 295; the kingdom of Juda 326; the Pharisees at the preaching of John the Baptist 425; at the preaching of Jesus 505; Jesus weeps over Jerusalem 607.
6. Final impenitence: the devil 12; Pharao 140; the Pharisees 425 504 579 684 713 738.
The four sins crying to heaven for vengeance: 31.
1. Wilful murder: Cain 30 (“The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to Me”); Herod’s massacre of the Innocents 419; stoning of Stephen 754 758.
2. The sin of Sodom: the unchaste city of Sodom 62 (“The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied”).
3. Oppression of the poor , widows and orphans: Pharao oppresses the Israelites 128; Jesus cries woe on the Pharisees 545.
4. Defrauding labourers of their wages: Tobias’ warning against it 301.
The nine ways in which we share in the sins of others :
1. By counsel: the young advisers of Roboam 264; the compassionate advisers of Eleazar 362; Herodias 524.
2. By command: Eve 21; Rebecca 76; David 244; Jeroboam 264; Jezabel 277; the chief priests and the watch at the sepulchre 714.
3. By consent: Achab 276; Saul 758.
4. By provocation: Putiphar’s wife 94; Job’s wife 127; Roboam 264; the accusers of Susanna 330; the Pharisees before Pilate 676.
5. By praise or flattery: The Jews after the murder of St. James 780.
6. By concealment: Joseph 92; Ruben 93; Herod’s guests 524. The lawful revealing of the sins of others: Joseph 92; Mardochai 356. 7. By being a partner in the sin : Heli 214; Annas 663.
8. By silence: Aaron 16 1; the adherents of Core 178; of Absalom 240; Dalila 200.
9. By defending the ill done: the Pharisees defend the trafficking in the outer court of the Temple 444; Saphira confirms her husband’s lie 746.
THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES.
§ 1. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.
Faith is a gift of God: 409 (Simeon and Anna); 579 (the man born blind); 540 (Peter); 724 (Thomas); 764 (Saul); it is consoling 409 789; it is a precious treasure 512; heavenly light 587.
Models of faith: Abraham 53 60 68; the widow of Sarepta 268; Elias 273; Mary 389 419; the three kings 414; Simeon and Anna 409; Peter 464 540; the leper and the centurion 487; the man born blind 579; Cornelius 776.
Grounds of hope: 312 (God, through Isaias, promises forgiveness of the most grievous sins); 326 (the same through Jeremias); 589 642 648 (our Saviour promises heaven to His disciples).
Models of hope: Abraham 52 59; Moses when pursued by Pharao’s host 147; the Machabee brothers and their mother 366; Judas Machabeus 372; Jairus and the infirm woman 517; the apostles after our Lord’s Ascension 737 ; the Church when St. Peter was in prison 780.
Charity: see above 822 — 824.
§ 2. THE CARDINAL VIRTUES.
Prudence: David 233; Esther 356; our Lord’s words: “Be ye wise as serpents” &c. 519; the wise virgins 622; Peter 745.
Justice: Jacob in; Tobias 296; Assuerus 356; Zachary 383; John the Baptist preaches its necessity 426; “Render to Caesar” &c. 232; want of justice in the Pharisees 545; Pilate 684.
Temperance: “The lust of sin be under thee” 31; Gedeon 202; want of it in Esau 79; the Israelites 182; Samson 203; Daniel 328; Assuerus 356; “The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence” 587.
Fortitude: Noe 40; Elias 273 283; Tobias 296; Judith 320; Susanna 332; the three young men in the furnace 339; Esther 356; Eleazar 362; the Machabee brothers 365 372; John the Baptist 396 427 494; the weeping women 691; the sorrowing Mother 698; Joseph of Arimathea 708; Peter 738 744 752; Stephen 756; Paul 786 799.
§ 3. THE CONTRARY VIRTUES TO THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
1. Humility: Joseph 99 102; Moses 135; Gedeon 202; Ruth 208; David 225 231; Solomon 252; Naaman 285; the archangel Raphael 305; Judith 320; Daniel 338; Mary 389 393 410; John the Baptist 427 428 432; Peter 463 (“Depart from Me” &c.); 744 “Blessed are the poor in spirit”; 469 the centurion 487 (“Lord, I am not worthy”); Jairus 517; “Whosoever shall humble himself as this little child” 548; the publican in the Temple 584 (“God, be merciful to me a sinner”); exhortations and example of Jesus 431 549 585 588; the wise virgins 622; Paul 786 799 (“I am the least of the apostles” &c.).
2. Liberality: Abraham’s hospitality 58; Booz 209; Tobias 297; Mary Magdalen 494 713; the poor widow 615; Nicodemus 708; the first Christians 746. See the corporal works of mercy above 823.
3. Chastity: Sem and Japhet 45; Joseph 94; Ruth 208; Judith 320; Susanna 332; Mary 393.
4. Brotherly love: Abraham 56 60; Rebecca 73; Ruth 208; Booz 209; Jonathan 227 232; Tobias 295; the relatives of Elizabeth 396; Jesus apd Mary at Cana 440; Jesus weeps over Jerusalem 605 (“Weep not for Me” &c.).
5. Temperance (moderation in eating and drinking): Judith 320; Daniel and his companions 328; John the Baptist 396 427.
6. Meekness: David towards Saul and Absalom 228 245 264 282; our Lord’s words 587 (“Learn of Me, because I am meek” &c.); example of Jesus 663.
7. Diligence: Moses’ last words 189 ; David 233 247; Elias 265; Isaias 31 1; the Machabees 367; the widow Anna 409; our Lord’s exhortation 560 (“One thing is needful”); the labourers in the vineyard 594; the wise virgins 621; parable of the talents 623.
Industry : Jacob 82; Ruth 208; Mary 393; Jesus 423 457; the apostles 464.
CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.
Perfection: commanded by our Lord 474 573; models of perfection: Jesus, Mary 389 393 Sec.; Paul 798.
The following of Jesus Christ 464.
The eight Beatitudes 469.
The spirit of the world and the spirit of the Christ 470.
Self denial: its necessity 202; Samson 203; Tobias 305; Judith 320; Daniel and his friends 328; John 396 427; Jesus 434; our Lord’s words 481 (“Enter ye in at the narrow gate”); 586 (“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself”).
Conduct in adversity : Job 126; Tobias 296; Lazarus 571; Jesus on the Mount of Olives 654; the apostles 751; Stephen 755 756.
The evangelical counsels 575 (difference between the commandments and counsels):
1. Voluntary poverty: Abraham, Job, Mary, John the Baptist; poor Lazarus 571; the apostles 464 (“Behold we have left all and followed Thee”); advocated by Jesus 573; His example 401 586 (“The foxes have holes” See.) 708.
2. Perpetual chastity : Mary 387; St. Joseph 388 419; St. John 697.
3. Entire obedience under a religious superior: Samuel’s words: ‘‘Obedience is better than sacrifice” 219; our Lord’s words: “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself” 586.
THIRD PART.
GRACE AND THE MEANS OF GRACE.
§ 1. ACTUAL GRACE.
How grace works: Cain 32; leaven 51 1; the prodigal son 567; conversion of Peter 668; discourse of Peter 738; conversion of Saul 767.
The necessity of assisting grace: God leaves the idolaters to their own devices 48; Jeremias’ words: “Convert us, O Lord” &c. 326; 327 (vision of Ezechiel); parable of the lost sheep 563; the prodigal son 567; our Lord’s words: “Flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father who is in heaven” 538; also: “With men it is impossible” &c. 574; “No man can come unto Me” &c. 586; 647 (“Without Me ye can do nothing”); the fall and conversion of Peter 668; conversion of unbelievers 738 741.
Correspondence with grace: Samuel 215; Eliseus 283; Naaman 285; the shepherds 403; the three kings 415; the Samaritan woman 453; parable of the sower 506; of the talents 624; the man born blind 579; Peter 668; the wife of Pilate 683; the good thief 696; the two disciples on the road to Emmaus 720; the Ethiopian 761; Saul 767; Paul 799.
Resistance of grace: Cain 32; Pharao 140; Heli’s sons 215; the kingdom of Israel 295; the Nazarites 456; the Pharisees 446 504 507 579; the rich young man 575; Jerusalem 607; the Jews 604; Judas 659 669; the thief on the left hand 697 ; the scoffers at the Feast of Pentecost 738.
§ 2. SANCTIFYING GRACE.
The grace of sanctification or justification: the healing of Naaman 285; the living water 450; the great treasure &c. 510; the new robe for the prodigal son 568; the wedding garment 610; the parable of the vine and the branches 643 647; the justification of Saul 767.
Justification of sinners: Magdalen 497 563; the prodigal son 568; conversion of Peter 668; the penitent thief 696; Saul 767.
§ 3. GOOD WORKS.
Works meritorious only in a slate of grace: parable of the vine 647.
Good works of sinners not useless: the widow of Sarepta 266; the Ninivites 290; the centurion of Capharnaum 485; the rich man 571; Saul 767; Cornelius 775.
Meritorious works rewarded by God: the treasure in heaven 305 477; even the gift of a cup of cold water will be rewarded 520; the labourers in the vineyard 594; the good and faithful servant 623; the just at the Last Judgment 626.
Necessity of good works: Isaias 311 (“Learn to do good” &c.); preaching of penance by John the Baptist 425 (“Every tree that doth not yield good fruit shall be cut down”); our Lord’s words “Lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven” &c. 477; “Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit” 482 520; the sentence at the Last Judgment 626.
Prayer , fasting and almsgiving: specially recommended by the examples of Moses 158 161: the Israelites 213; the Ninivites 290; Tobias 306; the prophetess Anna 409; Jesus 429; Saul 768; Tabitha 770; and by the words of the angel Raphael “Prayer with fasting and alms” &c. , 305.
Necessity of good intention: the sacrifice of Cain and Abel 33; our Lord’s words in the Sermon on the Mount 475; the Pharisee in the Temple 584; the poor widow’s mite 615.
THE HOLY SACRAMENTS.
The use of outward signs and ceremonies, in order to convey ma|erial or spiritual benefits: in the cure of the man born blind 580; the descent of the Holy Ghost 737; Elias at the raising up of the widow’s son 269; the cure of the deaf and dumb man 537.
BAPTISM.
Types of Baptism: circumcision 61; the passage of the Red Sea 148; of the Jordan 195; the cure of Naaman 285; the baptism of John 431; the pool of Bethsaida 501; the pool of Siloe 579.
Institution of Baptism 431; the commandment to baptize 730.
The necessity of Baptism: discourse with Nicodemus 447; 733; Peter’s discourse on the Day of Pentecost 736; Baptism of the Ethiopian 760 ; of Cornelius 775.
The effects of Baptism: signified by the wonders that occurred at the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan 432; by the cure of the deaf and dumb man 537; of the man born blind 579.
The covenant of Baptism 189 (“Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant” &c.); feast-day 397.
Baptism by blood 420.
CONFIRMATION.
The typical signification of oil 84.
Confirmation: in Samaria 760; the sign of the Cross 690.
Preparation for it 737.
Effects of it: the effects of the Holy Ghost on the Day of the Pentecost 738.
Life a warfare 373.
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR.
§ 1. THE REAL PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.
Types of the Blessed Sacrament: the Tree of Life 18; the paschal lamb 144 635; the Manna 15 1; the pillar of cloud on the Tabernacle 166 257; the miraculous food of Elias 284; the changing of water into wine 440; the miracle of the loaves 528.
Promise of the Holy Eucharist 533.
Its Institution 632.
The love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament 636.
Reverence for the Most Holy 306 (Tobias, father and son, “being seized with fear fell upon the ground on their face” before the angel Raphael); 416 (the three kings before Jesus).
Corpus Christi 635.
§ 2. THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS.
Sacrifice , as a supreme act of divine worship, is as old as man and has been of universal practice. Sacrifice of Cain and Abel 28; of Noe 43; Abraham 52 67; Melchisedech 56; Jacob 87 115; the friends of Job 125; the sacrifices instituted by God under the Old Law 169; their typical signification 170 701.
Types of the unbloody Sacrifice: the offering of Melchisedech 56; the unbloody sacrifices of the Old Law 170.
Promises of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: through David 236 (“Thou art a Priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech”); through Malachias 360; through our Lord at the well of Jacob 453. Institution of the Mass at the Last Supper 632.
§ 3. HOLY COMMUNION.
The whole of Jesus Christ is present under the form of bread 533 720. Effects of Holy Communion 534; prefigured by the paschal lamb 144; the Manna 15 1; by the miraculous food of Elias 284; by the virtue that went out of our Lord 461 529.
Unworthy Communion: Tree of life 28; the ark of the covenant in the days of Samuel 215 ; the king’s wedding feast 61 1; Judas 638 639. Necessity for preparation: preparation of the Israelites for receiving the Commandments 153; the wedding garment 61 1; the washing of the feet 630; the Entombment of Jesus 709; the preparation of the apostles before receiving the Holy Ghost 734; the preparation of Saul for receiving Baptism 766.
Holy Communion should be received with
1. living faith: Simeon 410; Nathaniel 437; Peter 538.
2. humility : Elizabeth 393; Peter 464; the centurion 487; the prodigal son 567; the publican in the Temple 585.
3. contrition: the paralytic 466; Mary Magdalen 497; the publican 585;
4. hope: the leper 484; the infirm woman 515;
5. love: Martha and Mary 560; the two disciples at Emmaus 718 (“Was not our heart burning within us”);
6. desire; the man infirm thirty-eight years 498; Peter 530; the Ethiopian 762.
PENANCE.
The necessity of penance 214 313 460.
Models of true penance or conversion: David 244; the Ninivites 290; the man sick of the palsy 466; Magdalen 497 716; the prodigal son 566; the penitent thief 696; Saul 767.
Types of true penance: the cure of Naaman 285; the leper 488; the raising of the young man of Naim 491. Putting off conversion 371.
Institution of the Sacrament of Penance: 539 (the promise of it); 721.
All sins can be remitted: God’s promise through lsaias: “If your sins be as scarlet” &c. 312; 723.
Effects of the Sacrament of Penance: the reception of the prodigal son 568; the peace of God 724.
Conditions of Worthy Reception:
1. Examination of conscience: the prodigal son returned to himself 567.
2. True contrition: David (“I water my couch with my tears”) 244; Isaias preaching of penance 310; the man sick of the palsy 466; Magdalen 497; the prodigal son 567; Jesus in the Garden 653; Peter “wept bitterly” 665 668; 723; the contrition of Antiochus was not supernatural 371.
3. Hope of pardon: its ground 324 (“I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more”); the prodigal son 567. He who gives up hope is lost: Cain 30; Judas 669.
4. Sincere purpose of amendment: Jonas 290; Isaias 312; 551 (“I will pay thee all”); the prodigal son 568; Saul 765; Pharao’s resolution was not sincere 140 148; relapse into sin 501.
5. Avoiding the proximate occasion of sin: Eve 19; the temptation of Jesus 434; our Lord’s words “If thy right hand scandalize thee” &c. 548; Peter’s fall 668.
6. Confession: God requires a confession from Adam 21; from Cain 29 31; a confession of sin required at sin-offerings 171: at the baptism of John 427; from the leper 485 (“Show thyself to the priest”); the prodigal son 565 (“I will say, father, I have sinned”). Concealment of sins in confession 506 749.
7. Satisfaction: Jonas 290; the fellow-servant 552; the prodigal son (“Make me as one of thy hired servants”) 565; Saul 765. Temporal punishment of sin must be suffered: Lot 66; Rebecca and Jacob 78; the Israelites in the desert 177; David 244; the man infirm thirty-eight years 501.
8. Thanksgiving after receiving this Sacrament 466.
INDULGENCES.
The power of the Church to grant indulgences: 540 (“Whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth” &c.).
The necessity of a state of grace in order to gain an indulgence: 467.
Jubilee-indulgence: its type 172.
EXTREME UNCTION.
Typical signification of oil 84.
Type of Extreme Unction: the anointing of the sick by the disciples 522.
HOLY ORDER.
The priesthood of the Old Law taken as a type of the priesthood of the New Law 173; punishment of Core &c. 180; Ozias 310.
Ordination of priests: instituted by Jesus Christ 523 634; given to St. Paul 784; the diaconate 755.
Office of the priesthood under the New Law 471 521 723 732.
The priestly state to be honoured 520 (“He that receiveth you &c. He that heareth you, heareth Me” &c.); 608 (parable of the marriage-feast).
Prayer for good priests 273 555 785 (Ember-days).
MATRIMONY.
Institution and sanctification of marriage 18 441 (marriage at Cana).
Unity of married people 18; the Holy Family 423.
Duty of married people towards their children: Moses’ last words 189; Heli’s punishment 214; Tobias 300; the mother of the Machabees 366; our Lord’s words 548 729.
Preparation for the holy state of matrimony: Raphael’s words to Tobias 301.
Mixed marriages not approved: Abraham seeks a wife for Isaac 71; the Israelites among the Chanaanites 201.
SACRAMENTALS.
The curse resting on the lower creatures 24 is removed by the blessing of the Church 27. The healing of the water by Eliseus a type of the blessing of water by the Church (holy water) 286. Blessing of palms on Palm-Sunday 608.
The evil influence of the devil is warded off by exorcisms 127 458 461.
PRAYER.
Prayer of praise and thanksgiving: 56 (Melchisedech); 72 (Eliezer; 125 (Job); 255 (the dedication of the Temple); 297 (Tobias “thanked God all the days of his life”); 318 (Judith); 339 (the young men in the furnace); 391 (the Magnificat); 395 (the Benedictus); 402 (“Gloria in excelsis”).
The necessity of prayer: command of Jesus 581 (“Ask and it shall be given you”); 620 651 (“Watch ye and pray that ye enter not into temptation”); our Lord’s example 460 520 654; Saul 767.
The fruits of prayer:
1. it unites us to God and makes us heavenly-minded: Henoch 35; the rays on Moses’ countenance 161; John the Baptist 396; Simeon and Anna 409;
2. it strengthens us against evil, and helps us to do right: Judith 320;
3. it obtains for us comfort in affliction: Anna 213; Tobias 296; Jesus in the Garden 654; help in need: Jacob 88; Moses 152; Josue 195; in the time of the Judges 202 213; Ezechias 315; Susanna 333; Daniel 338; Judas Machabeus 372; Peter in prison 780;
and the grace of final perseverance: Noe 40; Lot 65; 620.
The power of prayer: besides Abraham’s intercession for Sodom already cited 66; Moses 161; Elias 269 273; Zachary 383; intercession 460 488; Stephen’s prayer 757 767.
The qualities of prayer. We must pray with
1. devotion: worship in spirit 453; prayer in common 476 582; Jesus in the Garden 654.
2. humility: Abraham 65; Solomon 252; Jairus 517; the Chanaanite woman 536 582; the publican in the Temple 585; Jesus in the Garden 654.
3. confidence: Josue 195; Elias 273; Susanna 333; our Lord’s promise 582; Jairus 5*5 648; the thief 696.
4. submission to God's will: Judith and the people of Bethulia 319; the young men in the furnace 339; Jesus in the Garden 654.
5 . perseverance: Abraham 65; Jacob’s wrestling 88; Zachary 383; our Lord’s exhortation 477 582; the Chanaanite woman 537; the importunate friend 582; Jesus in the Garden 654.
How we can pray without ceasing: example of David 222 ; of Mary 423 560.
We should especially pray
1. morning and evening: the morning and evening sacrifice of the Israelites 167.
2. before and after meals: Daniel in the lion’s den 346; Jesus 529.
3. in time of temptation: Susanna 332; the example of Jesus 434 514.
4. in need: Eliezer 71; Jacob 88 118; Anna 213; Solomon 252 ; Jesus before the choice of the apostles 520.
5. in times of private and public tribulation: Jacob 88; Ezechias 316; the Church during the imprisonment of Peter 780. Where we should pray: 256 451 475.
The Lords Prayer 580.
The Angelical Salutation 385 389; the Angelus 389.
PROCESSIONS, PILGRIMAGES AND CONFRATERNITIES.
Processions: the marching round Jericho 195; transfer of the Ark of the Covenant 235 256; the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem 608.
Pilgrimages: the feasts of the Jews 172; the example of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 423.
Confraternities: prayer said in common 582.